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A youth from north Kashmir who was recently arrested by Police in Shopian has died in the police custody.

Identified as Faizan Yasin Dar, a resident of Tarhama in Baramulla district’s Kunzer area, the youth was recently arrested by Police in a drug peddling case.

A Police Spokesperson had said that a police party from Police Post Wachi at a checkpoint established at Arwani Melhora road near Nadkadal intercepted a vehicle (Ertiga) bearing registration No. PB 01C-4543 with three persons on board who tried to flee from the spot but two accused persons were arrested on spot however, one of the accused person managed to flee from the spot.

During search, 41 grams of Brown Sugar like substance was recovered from the said vehicle.

This story was originally published in thekashmiriyat.co.uk . Read the full story here